Seasonal fluctuations and temperature dependence in photosynthetic parameters and stomatal conductance at the leaf scale of Populus euphratica Oliv

A combined model to simulate CO? and H?O gas exchange at the leaf scale was parameterized using data obtained from in situ leaf-scale observations of diurnal and seasonal changes in CO? and H?O gas exchange. The Farquhar et al.-type model of photosynthesis was parameterized by using the Bayesian approach and the Ball et al.-type stomatal conductance model was optimized using the linear least-squares procedure. The results show that the seasonal physiological changes in photosynthetic parameters (e.g., V(cmax25), J(max25), R(d25) and g(m25)) in the biochemical model of photosynthesis and m in the stomatal conductance model should be counted in estimating long-term CO? and H?O gas exchange. Overall, the coupled model successfully reproduced the observed response in net assimilation and transpiration rates.     

Effects of foliar nitrogen concentration on photosynthesis and water use efficiency in Douglas-fir

Leaf-level physiological processes were studied in Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) to determine whether apparent increases in stand-level water use efficiency (WUE) observed in response to nitrogen (N) fertilization were attributable to foliar N effects on carbon fixation rates or on stomatal control of water loss. Photosynthesis and transpiration were measured at different light intensities and ambient CO(2) molar fractions and comparisons were made between current-year shoots with average foliar N concentrations of 1.58% (High-N) and 1.25% (Low-N). Photosynthetic rates and foliar N concentrations were positively correlated. In response to light, photosynthesis and stomatal conductance were closely coupled and a similar coupling was observed in response to different ambient CO(2) concentrations. Partitioning the photosynthetic responses into mesophyll and stomatal components indicated that foliar N altered mesophyll conductance but not stomatal control of water loss. High-N shoots had significantly greater rates of photosynthesis and transpiration than Low-N shoots and, as a result, instantaneous WUE did not differ significantly between High-N and Low-N shoots.     

西南高海拔区域苹果光合作用与光和CO_2响应模型的筛选

【目的】为了阐明我国西南高海拔区域苹果光合作用对光强度和CO_2浓度变化的响应机制,为后续深入开展该区域苹果光合特性研究提供参考,筛选适合该区域苹果光合-光响应和光合-CO_2响应的模型。【方法】以‘黔选2号’‘黔选3号’‘嘎拉’‘蜜脆’‘红星’5个品种苹果叶片为试材,进行光合-光响应和光合-CO_2响应的测定,并利用直角双曲线模型、非直角双曲线模型、指数方程模型和直角双曲线修正模型进行光合-光响应曲线的拟合,运用直角双曲线模型、Michaelis-Menten模型(M-M模型)、直角双曲线修正模型进行光合-CO_2响应曲线拟合。【结果】光合-光响应中,气孔导度的变化影响蒸腾速率的变化,5个品种苹果叶片的光合速率均对强光有较好的适应性,在其他影响因子相同的情况下,CO_2浓度可能是生产中的实际限制因子。光合-CO_2响应中,5个品种苹果叶片气孔导度与蒸腾速率表现为同步变化,但气孔导度的变化并未影响胞间CO_2浓度的值,胞间CO_2浓度的值呈线性增加。在CO_2浓度满足光合作用底物消耗的情况下,光合有效辐射是苹果叶片发挥光合能力的主要限制因子。【结论】在拟合不同品种苹果叶片光合-光响应曲线和光合-CO_2响应曲线的模型中,直角双曲线修正模型拟合效果均表现最好。     

紫花含笑和苦梓含笑光合生理特性的研究

采用Li-6400便携式光合测定系统（Li—Cor Inc．,USA）对常绿灌木紫花含笑和常绿乔木苦梓含笑的光合生理特性进行了测定。结果表明：（1）两种含笑叶片的光响应曲线符合非直角双曲线模型,表观光量子效率接近,但灌木紫花含笑的光饱和点、光补偿点、最大净光合速率、暗呼吸速率均比乔木苦梓含笑低。（2）光照强度对两种含笑的气孔行为、蒸腾速率和水分利用率的影响效果近似,光照强度诱导气孔导度变大,蒸腾速率加强。当达到光饱和后,随着光强的增强,净光合速率增加缓慢,气孔导度和蒸腾速率持续增大,水分利用率下降。     

Gas exchange and carbon isotope discrimination of Juniperus osteosperma and Juniperus occidentalis across environmental gradients in the Great Basin of western North America

We determined how ecophysiological characteristics of two juniper species, Juniperus occidentalis Hook. (western juniper) and Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little (Utah juniper), changed along altitudinal and regional environmental gradients in the Great Basin of western North America. We obtained diurnal measurements of leaf gas exchange and xylem water potential (Psi) from plants at a low and a high altitude site within each of six mountain ranges during fall 1994, spring, summer, and fall 1995, and summer 1996. We also determined carbon isotope composition (delta(13)C) of leaf cellulose produced during the 1995 growing season. Overall, leaf gas exchange, Psi and delta(13)C did not differ significantly between species. Differences in daily (A(d)) and season-long (A(s)) carbon assimilation among mountain ranges suggested two groupings-a group of northern ranges and a group of southern ranges. Each group contained one mountain range with J. occidentalis and two with J. osteosperma. Differences in carbon assimilation based on this grouping were associated with two findings: (1) conductance of CO(2) from substomatal cavities to the site of carboxylation (g(m)) for junipers in the northern ranges averaged almost twice that of junipers in the southern ranges; and (2) physiological shifts occurred such that A(d) of junipers in the northern ranges was influenced more by Psi(pd), whereas A(d) of junipers in the southern ranges was influenced more by leaf temperature. Mean delta(13)C over all trees at a site was significantly correlated with annual precipitation. Significant differences in A(d) occurred between altitudes, but these differences were associated with differences in the timing of optimum leaf temperature for photosynthesis rather than with physiological acclimation to temperature, irradiance, or Psi. Most gas exchange parameters (e.g., assimilation, transpiration, stomatal conductance, and water use efficiency) varied seasonally, and the seasonal differences were strongly influenced by water stress.     

Regulation of transpirational water loss in Quercus suber trees in a Mediterranean-type ecosystem

Sap flux density in branches, leaf transpiration, stomatal conductance and leaf water potentials were measured in 16-year-old Quercus suber L. trees growing in a plantation in southern Portugal to understand how evergreen Mediterranean trees regulate water loss during summer drought. Leaf specific hydraulic conductance and leaf gas exchange were monitored during the progressive summer drought to establish how changes along the hydraulic pathway influence shoot responses. As soil water became limiting, leaf water potential, stomatal conductance and leaf transpiration declined significantly. Predawn leaf water potential reflected soil water potential measured at 1-m depth in the rhizospheres of most trees. The lowest predawn leaf water potential recorded during this period was -1.8 MPa. Mean maximum stomatal conductance declined from 300 to 50 mmol m(-2) s(-1), reducing transpiration from 6 to 2 mmol m(-2) s(-1). Changes in leaf gas exchange were attributed to reduced soil water availability, increased resistances along the hydraulic pathway and, hence, reduced leaf water supply. There was a strong coupling between changes in soil water content and stomatal conductance as well as between stomatal conductance and leaf specific hydraulic conductance. Despite significant seasonal differences among trees in predawn leaf water potential, stomatal conductance, leaf transpiration and leaf specific hydraulic conductance, there were no differences in midday leaf water potentials. The strong regulation of changes in leaf water potential in Q. suber both diurnally and seasonally is achieved through stomatal closure, which is sensitive to changes in both liquid and vapor phase conductance. This sensitivity allows for optimization of carbon and water resource use without compromising the root-shoot hydraulic link.     

Vertical gradients in photosynthetic gas exchange characteristics and refixation of respired CO(2) within boreal forest canopies

We compared vertical gradients in leaf gas exchange, CO(2) concentrations, and refixation of respired CO(2) in stands of Populus tremuloides Michx., Pinus banksiana Lamb. and Picea mariana (Mill.) B.S.P. at the northern and southern boundaries of the central Canadian boreal forest. Midsummer gas exchange rates in Populus tremuloides were over twice those of the two conifer species, and Pinus banksiana rates were greater than Picea mariana rates. Gas exchange differences among the species were attributed to variation in leaf nitrogen concentration. Despite these differences, ratios of intercellular CO(2) to ambient CO(2) (c(i)/c(a)) were similar among species, indicating a common balance between photosynthesis and stomatal conductance in boreal trees. At night, CO(2) concentrations were high and vertically stratified within the canopy, with maximum concentrations near the soil surface. Daytime CO(2) gradients were reduced and concentrations throughout the canopy were similar to the CO(2) concentration in the well-mixed atmosphere above the canopy space. Photosynthesis had a diurnal pattern opposite to the CO(2) profile, with the highest rates of photosynthesis occurring when CO(2) concentrations and gradients were lowest. After accounting for this diurnal interaction, we determined that photosynthesizing leaves in the understory experienced greater daily CO(2) concentrations than leaves at the top of the canopy. These elevated CO(2) concentrations were the result of plant and soil respiration. We estimated that understory leaves in the Picea mariana and Pinus banksiana stands gained approximately 5 to 6% of their carbon from respired CO(2).     

Dynamic response of stomata to changing irradiance in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.)

Dynamic changes in stomatal conductance and the rate of photosynthesis were measured as periods of shading (decrease in irradiance from 800 to 200 micro mol m(-2) s(-1)) between 5 and 60 min were imposed on needles of Pinus taeda L. trees under laboratory conditions. Shading induced a 39% decrease in stomatal conductance but the rate of change was slow. Average time constants (+/- standard error) were shorter for the decrease in stomatal conductance when shading was imposed for 30 min (14.8 +/- 1.3 min) than for the increase in stomatal conductance when shading was removed (25.5 +/- 3.4 min). The time constants for increasing stomatal conductance when shading was removed were linearly related to the length of the previous dark period. The rate of photosynthesis fell immediately by 58% when shading was imposed and increased more rapidly than the change in stomatal conductance when shading was removed. The increase in photosynthesis during the induction phase after shading was removed was limited by both stomatal and biochemical effects. The long time constants for stomatal response contributed to the poor correlations between stomatal conductance and instantaneous measurements of irradiance from field data. However, the slow response of stomatal conductance to changes in irradiance had little effect on total daily transpiration, carbon gain and water-use efficiency.     

松栎混交林中马尾松与白栎光合作用的日变化

自然条件下使用开放式气体交换LI-6400便携式光合测定系统对松栎混交林中的马尾松和白栎的光合速率、蒸腾速率、气孔导度等光合特性进行了测定．结果表明：马尾松与白栎之间的光合速率日变化有明显差异，马尾松呈双峰型，白栎呈单峰型；白栎光合特性对大气CO2浓度增加和温度升高等生态因子变化的响应比马尾松敏感，它的气孔导度与蒸腾速率的变化直接影响本身光合速率的变化．     

Winter photosynthesis of red spruce from three Vermont seed sources

We evaluated winter (January through March) carbon assimilation of red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) from three Vermont seed sources grown in a common garden in northwestern Vermont. Although CO(2) exchange rates were generally low, net photosynthetic rates increased during two prolonged thaws. Significant correlations between CO(2) exchange rates and multiday air temperature means supported our observations of enhanced gas exchange during extended periods of elevated temperature. Increases in photosynthesis during thaws occurred before observed increases in leaf conductance, indicating that initial changes in photosynthesis were probably not associated with changes in stomatal aperture. Results of correlations between photosynthetic rates and PAR suggested that solar irradiance did not have a strong effect on winter carbon capture. Rates of net photosynthesis differed among seed sources. Trees from the Mt. Mansfield source had the highest average rates of photosynthesis and, at times, rates for individual trees from this source approximated those occurring during the growing season. Because seed sources differed in photosynthetic rates but not in leaf conductance, we conclude that differences in winter photosynthesis among seed sources were primarily attributable to factors other than changes in stomatal aperture.     

模拟降水量变化对毛乌素油蒿幼苗生物生态过程中的影响研究

毛乌素是中国干旱、半干旱沙区典型沙地，其中水分是最大限制因子，随着未来全球变化，尤其是降水变化进一步激烈，将给这里的陆地生态系统分布格局和生产力带来巨大影响，本文选择毛乌素沙地优势灌木油蒿为研究对象，人控４种降水量梯度来探讨油蒿幼苗的生理生态对降水量的响应。结果表明，不同施水量的油蒿幼苗净水合速率、蒸腾速率、气孔导度、胞间ＣＯ２浓度、叶片温度、光能利用率、水分利用率日变化动态存在明显差异，当少量施水时，幼苗受到明显水分胁迫，故而关闭气孔，降低气孔度和蒸腾速度，以免过多的蒸腾失水。当充分施水时，幼苗叶片气孔开放，提高气孔导率、胞间ＣＯ２浓度和蒸腾速率，降低叶片温度、以此提高光合作用。不同施水的油蒿幼苗表现出不同的生理生态适应策略，幼苗荧光效率随着施水量增大，从机理上解释了幼苗光合作用随着施水量的增加而增长；向后剔除变量分析表明，随着施水量的增加，限制幼苗净光合速度的主要因子逐渐减少。当充人地水时，幼苗主要受到光合有效辐射和叶片温度的限制。当中度施水时，幼苗主要受到蒸腾速率、胞间／大气ＣＯ２浓度差值的限制，不少量施水量时，幼苗主要受到蒸腾速率、气孔导度、胞间／大气ＣＯ２浓度差值、叶片／大气温度差值及其大气温度的限制。     

蓝果树光合特性对倍增CO_2生长浓度的短期响应

选取蓝果树为研究对象,利用Li-6400-01注入系统的外置CO2钢瓶提供生长浓度(体积分数4.0×10-4)和倍增生长浓度(体积分数8.0×10-4)测定蓝果树的光合特性,探讨倍增生长浓度后蓝果树光合特性的短期响应状况。结果表明,倍增生长浓度对净光合速率的日变化趋势影响不明显,它们都表现出相似的日变化格局,均为单峰曲线且有明显峰值,无"午休"现象。倍增生长浓度明显促进净光合速率的增加,平均增加了47.22%。倍增生长浓度,气孔导度和蒸腾速率均表现为减少的趋势;而水分利用率和气孔限制值则表现为增加的趋势。     

Physiological variation among western redcedar (Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don) populations in response to short-term drought

? Variation in the ability of western redcedar (Thuja plicata Donn ex D. Don) populations to withstand water stress may exist because this species is found in coastal and interior biogeoclimatic subzones representing the full range of precipitation regimes in British Columbia, Canada.

? Seven western redcedar populations from locations in British Columbia, representing a wide range of habitat types, were assessed for their gas exchange and water relations response to controlled drought.

? Before drought, population variation occurred in stomatal conductance, net CO₂ assimilation rate and intrinsic water use efficiency and the relative water content at turgor loss point. During drought, populations had different responses of net CO₂ assimilation to decreasing predawn shoot water potential. After drought, populations differed in stomatal conductance and intrinsic water use efficiency, plus osmotic potential at turgor loss point, osmotic potential at saturation and apparent cuticular transpiration. Western redcedar populations from drier-inland habitats had a lower osmotic potential at turgor loss point, lower relative water content at turgor loss point and lower apparent cuticular transpiration in response to drought than populations from coastal origin with temperate maritime habitat.

? Reduction of cuticular water loss and adjustments of cellular water relations in response to drought was found to occur among seven western redcedar populations originating along a precipitation gradient while; there were minimal population differences in the gas exchange response to drought.

     

东京野茉莉光合生理特性研究

为研究东京野茉莉光合生理特性,在自然条件下采用LI—6400光合仪对其光合生理日进程进行了测定。结果表明:5月晴天东京野茉莉净光合速率日进程变化曲线为双峰型,存在"午休"现象,温度和光合有效辐射的持续升高是导致"午休"现象的主要原因;蒸腾速率日变化与气孔导度的趋势基本相同,均呈双峰型;大气CO2浓度日变化对净光合速率影响不大;气孔导度和胞间CO2浓度的日进程基本与光合速率日变化相同。     

Influence of rate of change in stomatal conductance to fluctuating irradiance on estimates of daily water use by Pinus taeda leaves

Pinus taeda L. stomata respond slowly to changes in irradiance. Because incident irradiance on a leaf varies constantly, the rate of change in stomatal conductance to fluctuating irradiance may have a large effect on plant water use. We estimated total daily water use of Pinus taeda foliage for 10 days with very different irradiance patterns, assuming that rates of stomatal opening and closing were similar. To determine how the most extreme imbalance in rates of stomatal opening and closing affects estimates of water use, we also estimated total daily water use assuming instantaneous stomatal opening and a realistic rate of stomatal closing. Total daily water use was calculated by summing estimates of transpiration based on irradiance and vapor pressure deficit measured every minute at locations atop and within a canopy. Estimates of total daily water use calculated on the basis of realistic rates of stomatal opening and closing were similar to estimates calculated assuming instantaneous stomatal change (mean difference between methods of calculation was less than 0.2%). Estimates of total daily water use assuming instantaneous stomatal opening and a realistic rate of closing differed from estimates of total daily water use based on similar rates of stomatal opening and closing. The discrepancy was greater within the canopy (mean difference 6%) than at the top of the canopy (mean difference 1%). Calculation of mean daily conductance from mean daily irradiance, without accounting for minute-by-minute variations in irradiance, resulted in overestimations of daily stomatal conductance (13% mean error) and the magnitude of the error was directly related to the variation in irradiance for that day. We conclude that, provided variation in irradiance is accounted for, rates of stomatal opening and closing have little effect on estimates of daily water use.     

Diurnal and seasonal changes in the impact of CO(2) enrichment on assimilation, stomatal conductance and growth in a long-term study of Mangifera indica in the wet-dry tropics of Australia

We studied assimilation, stomatal conductance and growth of Mangifera indica L. saplings during long-term exposure to a CO(2)-enriched atmosphere in the seasonally wet-dry tropics of northern Australia. Grafted saplings of M. indica were planted in the ground in four air-conditioned, sunlit, plastic-covered chambers and exposed to CO(2) at the ambient or an elevated (700 micro mol mol(-1)) concentration for 28 months. Light-saturating assimilation (A(max)), stomatal conductance (g(s)), apparent quantum yield (phi), biomass and leaf area were measured periodically. After 28 months, the CO(2) treatments were changed in all four chambers from ambient to the elevated concentration or vice versa, and A(max) and g(s) were remeasured during a two-week exposure to the new regime. Throughout the 28-month period of exposure, A(max) and apparent quantum yield of leaves in the elevated CO(2) treatment were enhanced, whereas stomatal conductance and stomatal density of leaves were reduced. The relative impacts of atmospheric CO(2) enrichment on assimilation and stomatal conductance were significantly larger in the dry season than in the wet season. Total tree biomass was substantially increased in response to atmospheric CO(2) enrichment throughout the experimental period, but total canopy area did not differ between CO(2) treatments at either the first or the last harvest. During the two-week period following the change in CO(2) concentration, A(max) of plants grown in ambient air but measured in CO(2)-enriched air was significantly larger than that of trees grown and measured in CO(2)-enriched air. There was no difference in A(max) between trees grown and measured in ambient air compared to trees grown in CO(2)-enriched air but measured in ambient air. No evidence of down-regulation of assimilation in response to atmospheric CO(2) enrichment was observed when rates of assimilation were compared at a common intercellular CO(2) concentration. Reduced stomatal conductance in response to atmospheric CO(2) enrichment was attributed to a decline in both stomatal aperture and stomatal density.     

黑河流域荒漠地区水分胁迫对梭梭苗木影响的试验研究(英文)

梭梭(HaloxylonAmmodendronBge,一种C4灌木)苗种植在15升的容器中,给予不同的水分胁迫处理,研究了其水分关系和气体交换特征。结果表明:当土壤水分含量大于11%时,梭梭苗有高的蒸腾量;土壤水分含量低于6%时,苗木就不能从土壤中吸取水分;很好供水的苗木的蒸腾量与潜在蒸发量成线型相关。气体交换测定发现,随着土壤水分含量的下降,造成了不同程度的气孔导度、叶蒸腾强度和光合作用的下降。对同一苗木而言,由于这个地区有高的水气压亏缺(VPD),很好和中度供水的苗木在气孔反应方面有较宽的范围,气孔在决定光合作用方面起着较小的作用,二者没有明显的线型相关关系。虽然水分胁迫使蒸腾速率比光合速率下降的更快,提高了水分利用效率,而较高的蒸发需求增加了蒸腾量,限制了光合作用,但是总的趋势是光合作用和蒸腾强度成线型相关。图6表2参15。     

山苍子光合速率、蒸腾速率的研究

在晴天适宜条件下,使用LI-6400 p便携式光合测定系统测定不同年龄阶段的山苍子(Litsea cubeba)连体叶片的光合速率和蒸腾速率。结果表明:山苍子的光合作用日变化均呈双峰型,存在光合午休现象,并且3 a生山苍子的光合速率高于2 a生的,1 a生的最低。且蒸腾速率与光合速率间存在相同的变化趋势。     

Partial shoot removal increases net CO(2) assimilation and alters water relations of Citrus seedlings

Effects of defoliation on partial shoot removal by decapitation on seedling growth, water use and net gas exchange of remaining basal leaves, were examined in Citrus spp. Shoot and root growth rates were manipulated to test for effects of growth demands on net gas exchange. Partially defoliated plants had higher leaf pressure potentials, root conductivities and rates of water use than intact control plants. Shoot regrowth occurred at the expense of root loss. Basal leaves on defoliated plants consistently had higher rates of CO(2) assimilation (A) than leaves on intact plants. Stomatal conductance (g(s)) changed little after defoliation so the higher A of leaves on defoliated plants lowered the ratio of intercellular to ambient CO(2) concentration (C(i)/C(a)) in the mesophyll. In some cases, g(s) increased with A in defoliated plants but C(i)/C(a) was not affected. Stomatal conductance only limited A when intact seedlings were stressed by root confinement in small pots or when leaves were exposed to high vapor pressure deficits during gas exchange measurements. Increased carbon demand for shoot regrowth increased photosynthetic capacity and was more important than stomatal responses in determining A after partial shoot loss.     

Responses of stomatal conductance to simultaneous changes in two environmental factors

To clarify interactions between stomatal responses to two simultaneous environmental changes, the rates of change in stomatal conductance were measured after simultaneously changing two environmental factors from the set of air humidity, leaf water potential (hydraulic environmental factors), air CO(2) concentration and light intensity (photosynthetic environmental factors). The stomatal responses to changes in leaf water potential were not significantly modified by any other simultaneous environmental change. A decrease in air humidity was followed by a decrease in stomatal conductance, and an increase in air humidity was followed by an increase in the conductance, irrespective of the character of the simultaneous change in the photosynthetic environmental factor. If the simultaneous change had an opposite effect on stomatal conductance, the rate of change in stomatal conductance was higher than the theoretical summed rate-the sum of the rate following one environmental change and the rate following another environmental change, measured separately. That is, the stomatal response to air humidity dominated over the responses to photosynthetic environmental factors. Yet, if the simultaneous change in photosynthetic factors had a codirectional effect on stomatal conductance, the rate of stomatal conductance change was lower than the theoretical summed rate. After a simultaneous change of two photosynthetic environmental factors, the rate of stomatal conductance change was very similar to the theoretical rate, if both the environmental changes had a codirectional effect on stomatal conductance. If the changes in the photosynthetic factors had opposite effects on stomatal conductance, the conductance increased, irrespective of the character of the increasing environmental factor. In drought-stressed trees, the rates of change in stomatal conductance tended to differ from the theoretical summed rates more than in well-watered trees. Stomatal closure following an increase in CO(2) concentration was the stomatal response that was most strongly suppressed by the response to another simultaneous environmental change. Six species of temperate deciduous trees were shown to be similar in their relations between the stomatal responses to two simultaneous environmental changes. The mechanism and ecological significance of the interactions between the two signal response pathways of stomata are discussed.